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Forget compassion - our better angels aren't listening
With its Malaysia solution the Gillard government is about to implement one of the most illiberal asylum seeker policies since mandatory detention...
The Sunday Debate: Are juries a waste of time?
Ainslie Van Onselen and Tim Wilson go head-to-head on whether or not juries are a waste of time. AINSLIE VAN ONSELEN: Ask anyone who has sat on a...
What matters more: stability or Question Time?
The little we see of parliament isn't the true measure of our political culture. Nobody who has ever sat through a full session of Federal...
Handouts favour the few
Craig Thomson isn't Tirath Khemlani - but he may as well be. A government clinging to office by a seat engulfed in a scandal involving trade unions...
Make-up solutions wear thin
Blaming mining and the high Australian dollar for manufacturing's recent woes risks missing the point of what is really needed to get the troubled...
Europe's doomed euro
Few people predicted the global financial crisis. Everybody predicted the crisis of the eurozone. Read almost any critique of the euro from just a...
Flexibility will keep us afloat in economic storm
Committing to a floating currency was one of the most important reforms of the Hawke-Keating era. Since that time a flexible currency has largely...
Government drags retail industry
Last month's Productivity Commission report on the retail industry came when the industry is under increasing pressure. Sales, especially household...
I stand for freedom
I stand for freedom, even when it might be a bit distressing. I stand for liberty, even when it might be a tad uncomfortable. And I firmly,...
Ownership and exclusion: a lesson from the UK riots
Many commentators correctly attribute the UK rioting to decades of misgoverning and miseducating youth. Contributing to this has been the breakdown...